Did you ever dream of working in a bookstore, surrounded by the smell of books, filling the time between customers reading everything you've ever wanted to? Photo: 123rf.com
For all those who agree with Neil Gaiman’s maxim in American Gods that “a town isn’t a town without a bookstore”, and who yearn to spend their days among the pristine spines and glossy covers of a small bookshop, what might be the perfect holiday retreat was recently listed on AirBnB.co.uk: the opportunity to become a bookseller for a week or two.
For the sum of £150 (RM960) a week, guests at The Open Book in Wigtown, Scotland’s national book town, will be expected to sell books for 40 hours a week while living in the flat above the shop. Given training in bookselling from Wigtown’s community of booksellers, they will also have the opportunity to put their “own stamp” on the store while they’re there.
Limited time offer:
Just RM5 per month.
